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captainjackspa1
Contributor
Contributor

Cannot type in windows "type here to search" box

Hi,

I have Workstation 15 installed. The vms themselves are 14. VM 1 is clone of VM 2. On vm #2, I can type in the win10 "type here to search" textbox in the lower left of the screen. On vm #1, I can click in there, but it does not respond/accept any typing. I have re-started VM, re-installed vmware tools.

Why is this happening and how do I solve?

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^^ I can click in there, but it does not accept my typing.

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captainjackspa1
Contributor
Contributor

I upgraded VM to workstation 15. Problem still occurs.

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wila
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Immortal

Hi,

That's because it isn't likely to be a VMware problem, but a Microsoft one.

Something got corrupt on that VM and now that part does not work well. I know it is strange for it to work well on one VM, but not on another.

It happens, might be a bodged update or something like that.

See if the steps here help:

Can't type in Windows 10 search bar - Microsoft Community

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Wil

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